Holy cow now I remember, yep his puppy named Bullet. Believe he is introduced in the novel Takedown.Originally Posted by NEPAKevin
Haha excellent avatar on this one. At 8 weeks a couple people did stop and ask "what is that a little bear" in jest. I thought she looked like a giant racoon at first.
“Archer not arrow. No such thing as a perfect pistol. Until you commit to being a better archer, you’ll keep hunting for a better arrow.”
-JCN
I tought a chow chow was a bear until I saw one of these.
Raw diet is hard on the human. But good for the dog. So I understand
I found it difficult to prepare but its due to a lack or equipment. She will end up eating about 5lbs a day. I needed a designated freezer set to an appropriate temperature. Was turning the bags of chicken leg quarters into frozen logs in my normal fridge. Many advocate giving them the food frozen as well to make them slow down even more. For me it added extra work that with mt current setup and schedule just did work well.
I want to do right by her so will probably revisit this soon maybe. She is on a high quality kibble with supplements as well.
“Archer not arrow. No such thing as a perfect pistol. Until you commit to being a better archer, you’ll keep hunting for a better arrow.”
-JCN
Local pet food store is a specialty shop. The owner Nicci is a nutritionist who consults for Military and Police K9s. https://northpointpets.com/. (Explore the website) Nicci is an excellent resource. My male GSD did damage to himself by chewing on his paws. He really tore up his pads. It was bad enough that he was limping for days. The vet said it must be a food allergy and wanted to start him on a prescription diet they sell. Nicki told me vets commonly overlook a fungal infection of the paws. Nicci told me to get this https://www.chewy.com/durvet-chlorhe...orse/dp/139642. You mix 1 oz. per 1 gallon of water. I put some in a spray bottle and sprayed my dogs paws. Problem solved. For ~$20 I think every dog owner should have a bottle on hand. There are many uses, cuts, scrapes and hot spots spray them. It can be added to dog shampoo and now you have the expensive stuff with Chlorohexidine Gluconate without the big price tag. I spray on my tile floor for wet mopping. Caution beware of what you use on floors for how it can adversely effect dogs paws. Swiffer Wet Jet is a know problem.
The local shop will have a couple choices in frozen green tripe. You can look for a Coop local to you that puts in one large order and everyone picks up once a month. I'm part of one that distributes https://blueridgebeef.com/ Then there is https://rawganicspetfood.com/. Local shop carries it and they sell direct from their farm in NY.
Some places I've heard of but haven't personally used.
https://www.rawdogfoodwholesale.com/distributors/
https://raawenergy.com/
Regarding the kefir and cottage cheese it usually is a before bed snack. I just put some in a bowl for each dog. It's become such a habit for them they start bugging me when it's getting late in the evening.
Good dogs I had one and a Kangal ..both where big and not the dogs you would go up and pet.
The Caucasian did very well at bite work but Kangal's should not be trained in protection work.
I never let anyone pet my dogs .. I take them all over ..the only ones allowed to touch my dogs are the Vets office.
If you have kids you must teach your dog that the kids from next door are no threat when they play rough.
Good luck !!! nice looking pup !!!!!
Wow, thank you for taking the time to share these resources with me! I will be ordering the anti bacterial agent today along with a spray bottle. Never thought about what we use on our floors either. Good info.
I'm really enjoying having her with us. So far a wonderful dog.
Thank you!
Thats really cool, thank you for sharing. Kangals look like fantastic dogs as well but I heard they are true livestock guardians and dislike much else.
We have pulled back on letting strangers pet her now.
“Archer not arrow. No such thing as a perfect pistol. Until you commit to being a better archer, you’ll keep hunting for a better arrow.”
-JCN
Same thing outside with fertilizers and pesticides. A friend had his Corgi get really sick IIRC from something his landscaping guy used.
"You can't win a war with choirboys. " Mad Mike Hoare
Interested to hear more on this if you're so inclined. Thanks.
https://www.kangaldogamerica.com/kan...protection-dog
After looking at the link about Kangal Dogs I realized I had one when I was in Afghanistan. I was part of a small group working separate from regular forces (our 11B platoon(-) never wore uniforms). The guards wanted a dog and we needed to test a source so we combined the two and sent one of the sources up to Nuristan to get a dog for us and he brought back this puppy:
We named him Tailbander
He was covered in ticks, and the MWD vet wasn't too happy about treating him, but we got him all taken care of. I made sure that the guards raised enough money to send home. If they didn't I was going to have to put him down... Afghans just don't treat dogs like we do.
We rescued a cat as well. He is living in a Fisher house in San Antonio. That poor cat got raped by the ANAs monkey. I really don't like monkeys.
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